HIST 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: List Of Kings Of Lydia, Ionian Revolt, Tomyris
20 Oct 2017
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Looking east: the greeks of asia and the rise of persia. His father and uncle"s name are not greek but carians. In the persian wars helocranaus and the tyrant fight on the persian sides. Herodotus"s big book is the big reason between conflicts. His pov is hellenic, so he is not unbiased. The perisan empire by the time of the persian war is enormous. One group of ppl can expand their control over other groups. Cyrus rules for 30 years, he has his sons too. Cyrus conquers a lot of other kingdoms around him. He is a great figure whose end is bad because he tries to extend his power over a lot of ppl according to herodotus. He comes to a bad end becaue over extends his desires. Of his sons, cambyses (ii. ) and bardiya (smerdis) are known by name; of his daughters, Co(cid:374)(cid:395)ue(cid:396)s c(cid:396)oesus(cid:859) l(cid:455)dia(cid:374) e(cid:373)pi(cid:396)e, alo(cid:374)g with the medes a(cid:374)d ba(cid:271)(cid:455)lo(cid:374)
